Changes: Know Your Heritage

Revision as of 12:25, 12 July 2020

Hosts
Omar McClinton (1987) Jeff Coopwood (1990) Hosea Sanders (199?-2000) John Conrad (2001) Dorothy Tucker (2002) Greg-Alan Williams (2003, 2005-2010) Dwayne Bryant (2004)
Broadcast
Syndicated (Chicago area): 1987-200? WLS ABC 7: 200? WBBM CBS 2: 200? WPWR UPN/MNT 50: 200?-2007 WCIU 26: 2008-2010
Packager
Central City Productions

Know Your Heritage was a quiz bowl for Chicago's high schools. This show has questions primarily based on African- American history. It is filmed at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago's Bronzeville area.

After 28 years, it was expanded to a national quiz bowl for the entire United States with two spinoffs Black College Quiz and later Hispanic College Quiz.

Gameplay

Two teams consisting of four students (each team from one high school in Chicago) competed in a yearly tournament to win $1,000 college scholarships as well as trips to Walt Disney World as rewards for their knowledge of black history.

Questions were presented in multiple choice format with four possible answers, with point values in varying amounts. The team that rang in first would have the chance to answer it and had to give the letter and answer; giving the letter alone was not acceptable.

The questions ranged from primarily ethnic history, with a few grab-bag categories thrown in.

Next was the huddle up round where a question was asked and up to 10 answers were shown and the teams would have one minute to pick which of the answers were correct and were awarded based on number of correct guesses.

The final round consisted of how many points each team was willing to wager. They would do so during the second-to-last commercial break. One player from each team would walk up to the host's podium and the question was presented. They would have a time limit in which to put the answer down; when time expired, both players would close their notebooks (laptops in newer episodes).

This series is broken into different sections like most quiz bowls.

"Chicago Challenge" (Introduced 2008) - All the high schools competed in 10 minute intervals, usually two matches per episode, until 16 teams remained.
"Chicago Survivors" - The 16 high schools competed against each other until eight were left.
"Chicago's Elite" - Quarterfinals match, in which the remaining eight competed until four winning teams were left.
"Chicago's Noble Four" - Semifinals match, where the two winning teams advanced to the finals.
"Who's Who in Chicago" - The finals round where the two winning teams competed for the grand prize stated above.

Special "All Star" episodes aired at the end of each season. Versions included the losing two teams from the final four, students versus faculty from the high school of the winning team, or two teams of Chicago celebrities.

Music

Main (1990) - "Night-Lines" by Dave Grusin
Speed Up Round cue (1990) - "Run Don't Walk (A)" by Richard Myhill (KPM Music)
Main (2007-2008) - "1 Thing" by Amerie

Inventor

Omar McClinton & Central City Productions

Rating

Spin-Offs

Black College Quiz - National tournament for historically black universities
Hispanic College Quiz - National tournament for historically hispanic universities

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+|align="center" colspan=2|'''Hosts'''
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+|
-|align="center" colspan=2|'''Host'''
+Omar McClinton (1987)<br />Jeff Coopwood (1990)<br />Hosea Sanders (199?-2000)<br />John Conrad (2001)<br />Dorothy Tucker (2002)<br />Greg-Alan Williams (2003, 2005-2010)<br />Dwayne Bryant (2004)<br />
 |-
+| colspan="2" align="center" |'''Broadcast'''
-|Omar McClinton 1987<br>
-Hosea Sanders 199?-2000<br>
-John Conrad 2001<br>
-Dorothy Tucker 2002<br>
-Greg-Alan Williams 2003, 2005-Present<br>
-Dwayne Bryant 2004<br>
-Zoraida Sambolin 2008<br>
 |-
+|[[File:KYH90.JPG|center|160px]]Syndicated (Chicago area): 1987-200?[[Image:Kyh.jpg|center]]WLS ABC 7: 200?<br />WBBM CBS 2: 200?<br />WPWR UPN/MNT 50: 200?-2007<br />WCIU 26: 2008-2010
-|align="center" colspan=2|'''Co-Host'''
 |-
+| colspan="2" align="center" |'''Packager'''
-|Frankie Robinson 2008-Present
-T-Bone 2008
-|-
-|align="center" colspan=2|'''Broadcast'''
-|-
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-<b>Local Tournament - Weekly</b><br>
-WBBM CBS 2 2000-200? <br>
-WPWR UPN/MNT 50 200?-2007 <br>
-WCIU 26 2008-Present <br>
-[[Image:Kyhbcq.JPG|center]]
-<b>Black College Quiz - Annual 4 Week Series</b><br>
-Syndicated 1981-present<br>
-[[Image:Kyhhcq.JPG|center]]
-<b>Hispanic College Quiz - Annual 4 Week Series</b><br>
-Syndicated 2008-Present<br>
 |-
+|Central City Productions
 |}
-A quiz bowl for Chicago's high schools.  This show has questions primarily based on ethnic American history.  It is filmed at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago's Bronzeville area.
+'''''Know Your Heritage''''' was a quiz bowl for Chicago's high schools. This show has questions primarily based on African- American history. It is filmed at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago's Bronzeville area.
-This program was originally a special "Black College Tournament" consisting of teams from colleges around the nation, which aired in syndication near the beginning of each year.  After 19 years, it was expanded to a local quiz bowl for the Chicago area.
+After 28 years, it was expanded to a national quiz bowl for the entire United States with two spinoffs [[Black College Quiz]] and later [[Hispanic College Quiz]].
-Two teams consisting of four students, each team from one high school in Chicago compete in a yearly tournament to win $1,000 college scholarships as well as trips to Walt Disney world as rewards for their knowledge of ethnic history.
+==Gameplay==
-Questions are presented in multiple choice format with four possible answers, with point values in varying amounts.  The team that rings in first gets the chance to answer it and must give the letter and answer, giving the letter alone is not acceptable.
+Two teams consisting of four students (each team from one high school in Chicago) competed in a yearly tournament to win $1,000 college scholarships as well as trips to Walt Disney World as rewards for their knowledge of black history.
+Questions were presented in multiple choice format with four possible answers, with point values in varying amounts. The team that rang in first would have the chance to answer it and had to give the letter and answer; giving the letter alone was not acceptable.
-The questions range from primarily ethnic history with a few grab-bag categories thrown in.
+The questions ranged from primarily ethnic history, with a few grab-bag categories thrown in.
-Next is the huddle up round where a question is asked and up to 10 answers are shown and the teams have a minute to pick which of the answers are correct and are awarded based on number of correct guesses.
+Next was the huddle up round where a question was asked and up to 10 answers were shown and the teams would have one minute to pick which of the answers were correct and were awarded based on number of correct guesses.
-The final round consists of how many points each team is willing to wager.  They do so during the second-to-last commercial break.  One player from each team walks up tot he hosts podium and the question is presented.  They have a time limit in which to put the answer down, when time is up, both players close their notebooks (laptops in newer eps.)
+The final round consisted of how many points each team was willing to wager. They would do so during the second-to-last commercial break. One player from each team would walk up to the host's podium and the question was presented. They would have a time limit in which to put the answer down; when time expired, both players would close their notebooks (laptops in newer episodes).
-<b> Local Tournament Format </b>
-The local tournament is broken into different sections like most quiz bowls.
+This series is broken into different sections like most quiz bowls.
-"Chicago Challenge" (Introduced 2008)<br>
+*'''"Chicago Challenge" (Introduced 2008)''' - All the high schools competed in 10 minute intervals, usually two matches per episode, until 16 teams remained.
+*'''"Chicago Survivors"''' - The 16 high schools competed against each other until eight were left.
-All the high schools compete in 10 minute intervals, usually two matches per episode, until 16 teams remain.
+*'''"Chicago's Elite"''' - Quarterfinals match, in which the remaining eight competed until four winning teams were left.
+*'''"Chicago's Noble Four"''' - Semifinals match, where the two winning teams advanced to the finals.
-"Chicago Survivors"<br>
+*'''"Who's Who in Chicago"''' - The finals round where the two winning teams competed for the grand prize stated above.
-The 16 high schools compete against each other, until eight are left.
-"Chicago's Elite"<br>
-Quarterfinals match, in which the remaining eight compete until four winning teams are left.
-"Chicago's Noble Four"<br>
-Semifinals match, where the two winning teams move on to the finals.
-"Who's Who in Chicago"<br>
-The finals round where the two winning teams compete for the grand prize stated above.
-Special "All Star" eps air at the end of each season. Versions include the losing two teams from the final four, students versus faculty from the high school of the winning team, or two teams of Chicago celebrities.
-<b> College Quiz Format </b>
-The college tournaments consist of only four episodes either reran one per week or altogether as a two hour program.  Since there's not enough time for the local format to work, a different format is used.
-The first three episodes are the elimination matches with two games per episode.  The last episode is the final match and has the two remaining teams competing for scholarships.
+Special "All Star" episodes aired at the end of each season. Versions included the losing two teams from the final four, students versus faculty from the high school of the winning team, or two teams of Chicago celebrities.
 ==Music==
-Local Tournament Main (2007-2008) - "1 Thing" by Amerie
+Main (1990) - "Night-Lines" by Dave Grusin<br />
+Speed Up Round cue (1990) - "Run Don't Walk (A)" by Richard Myhill (KPM Music)<br />
-College Quiz Main Themes (2008) - by Zernul R. Shackelford
+Main (2007-2008) - "1 Thing" by Amerie
 ==Inventor==
 Omar McClinton & Central City Productions
+==Rating==
+[[File:72px-TV-PG icon svg.png]]
+==Spin-Offs==
+*''[[Black College Quiz]]'' - National tournament for historically black universities
+*''[[Hispanic College Quiz]]'' - National tournament for historically hispanic universities
 ==Links==
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 *[http://www.ccptv.com/index.html Central City Productions Site]
 *[http://www.myspace.com/knowyourheritage MySpace profile]
+===Full Episodes===
-*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=157125142 Black College Quiz MySpace Profile]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsF1ADaEgWQ 1990 Episode]
-*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=373580853 Hispanic College Quiz MySpace Profile]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T3VvqqmWEw 1990 Quarterfinals Episode]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToYa6vQrUcs 1990 Semifinals Episode]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHEaZ75g_rU 1990 Finals Episode]
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+*2007 Episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoPfvfX9AW8 Part 1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRD_r8FOhkg Part 2] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZDq0EUxJD4 Part 3]
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 [[Category:Academic Quiz]]
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